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Rebel Blood Chapter 47
Simone’s POVI step out onto the porch and inhale the cold mountain air. I love it here. If I had my way, we’d move in permanently and spend the rest of our lives in the mountains.We’ve been here for two peaceful weeks. No one knows we’re here. Vesper’s magical abilities are impressive, and he somehow hid the entire compound from outside view. When we came here, I didn’t even see the sprawling mansion until we were nearly on top of it.Still afraid of my bloodlust, Aldric decided to keep me well away from the humans. We live in the groundskeeper’s cottage at the back of the property, and he won’t even allow the handful of donors in the mansion near me.Every night, I find Aldric out here waiting for me with a blood bag. I still need to drink blood three or four times a night, but the thirst isn’t as powerful as it was a few weeks ago. “Good evening,” he says and hands me a bag.I sit next to him at the little table and stare out over the landscape. We are tucked away in a deep valley
Rebel Blood Chapter 48
Simone’s POV I’m not sure I want to hear about my destiny. “I don’t think it’s ever a good idea to know your own future. Nothing good can come of it.” “Your future?” Darrick asks. “No, no, no, dear child, not your future. This is your present and your reality. It's already happening.” I glance at Aldric who hasn’t moved at all. His arms are folded across his chest, and he’s staring straight ahead past me and Darrick at the clouds rolling in over the mountains. “If you don’t want to hear it, you should probably leave,” he says, “but I think I need to know.” Darrick nods. It’s clear that he is taking no enjoyment from any of his revelations. “Fine,” I sigh and perch on the edge of the chair. “Go ahead.” "It's a little complicated." "That's okay," I say. "I'm pretty clever. Why don't you give it a bash, and if I have questions, I'll ask." ** Darrick’s Story: “Is that him?” I asked Athenia. She nodded and pretended to take a sip of wine from the glass in front of her. The end of
Rebel Blood Chapter 49
Aldric's POV“Are you high?” I ask Darrick. “How the fuck is she supposed to kill Asmodeus?”Darrick reaches inside his coat and pulls out the Ash stake. I hadn’t seen it for close to a hundred years, but what strikes me is how ordinary it is. It’s just a piece of wood. I take it from him, shuddering as my skin touches the rough wood, and put it on the table.“How did you get it?”“From Baron’s vaults. It really wasn’t that hard. I don’t know why you didn't just go in and get it yourself.”“Did he see you?” I ask, ignoring his statement completely.“No.”“Baron has a lot of powerful allies. He garnered more support over the years, made more children.”“That is not the impression I got.”“Of course not. You’ve been asleep for a hundred years. Baron just recently started to…lose his grip on reality. The vaults weren’t guarded?”Darrick shakes his head. "His mansion was practically abandoned. One of his sons were there and a few neophytes. To me it looked like they abandoned him"“That’s
Rebel Blood Chapter 50
Aldric's POV“When do I have to go?” Simone asks. She’s barely feeling any kind of emotion. It’s as if she flipped a switch and turned off all her regular emotions. She has a job to do, and she plans to do it. "Tonight? Or do we have some time?"“I already said that you are not going,” I shoot back.“You are not the boss of me,” Simone says and plants her hands in her hips.“You are dead wrong about that,” I reply, trying my best to ignore the anger swirling around in my chest. “I am the boss of you, and you will listen to me.”“Make me,” she dares me. “I don’t understand. I thought you wanted these vampires dead. If Asmodeus is going to exterminate most of the humans and countless vampires, we need to stop him, don't we? That's the right thing to do. And if my blood is the key, then there's nothing to talk about, is there?”“I did not say I wanted Asmodeus dead. I want Baron dead.”“Yes well, things changed didn't it? They both need to die. Asmodeus first, then Baron. And we'll need
Rebel Blood Chapter 51
Aldric's POVI sit in the window and stare out over the dark mountains while I wait for sunrise. My emotions and thoughts are all over the place. Simone is gone. She left last night with Darrick. We bother agreed that it was easier that way. I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t bring myself to take her to Asmodeus. Vesper came by right after they left, but the moment I saw him I flew into a rage and tried to tear out his throat. To my surprise, I came very close to defeating him. The only thing that stopped me from ramming the Ash stake into his heart was my loyalty to my family.I sat on top of him, holding the stake high above my head. “Why did you do it?” I asked.“I had to. You needed your bride, and she needed you. You complete each other. She makes your stronger?”“What?”“Look at yourself, baby brother. Look how powerful you've become. You managed to overpower me, a vampire twice your age. You could break free of Asmodeus’s influence, something no one can do without a druid's help. No
Rebel Blood Chapter 52
Simone's POV I am right back where I started. Locked in a room all by myself. I stare out at the dying city below, my heart heavy and soul screaming out to be with Aldric. Every part of me, every cell of my being, misses him. Asmodeus took up residence in a hotel that belonged to a human. He killed the owner and enslaved the staff. The human guests fled in horror only to be met by hundreds of neophytes Asmodeus rallied to his side. It was a bloodbath. Darrick and I landed among the stinking corpses, which no one bothered to incinerate - they just left them there to rot, and for the life of me I couldn't understand why the vampires would choose to do that. “Deep breaths, Daughter,” Darrick said when he saw the expression on my face. “Remember what I told you on the way here. Don’t let Aldric feel your sorrow.” Darrick called a group of neophytes over. To my surprise, they obeyed his order when he commanded them to start a pyre and burn to corpses. “Why do they listen to you?” I ask
Rebel Blood Chapter 53
Simone's POVThe child looks up at me with big, brown eyes. She knows what's coming. They've robbed her of her innocence a long time ago. She reminds me so much of myself that my heart breaks into a million pieces. I just want to scoop her up and protect her. “Mastuh Ass-mo…Assemos…”“Ass-mo-day-uhs,” I pronounce his name for her.“Yes,” she says with a nod. “Mastuh says you can feed. I taste weally good.”I smile at the little girl’s inability to pronounce an ‘r’ correctly even as my heart keeps shattering. Even at her tender age, she already learned how to adapt to her cruel vampire masters. “That’s okay. I’m not hungry tonight. You can rest.”“Weally?”“Yes.” I swallow past the really dry knot in my throat, knowing it will only get worse and worse. I look around the room for something to distract me, but there’s nothing. “Why don’t you lie down? Take a little nap? You look very tired to me.”“I’m always tiwed.”She is very pale and has deep black circles under her eyes. Poor thing
Rebel Blood Chapter 54
Aldric's POVI grit my teeth as I shift into my mist form, knowing that I’ll have to stay in this shape much longer than I’m used to or are comfortable with, but it’s the only way I can move through Asmodeus’s hotel undetected by his guards.Rather stupidly, Asmodeus didn’t enchant the whole hotel, just the part where he kept Simone, so it was easy enough to get in. It’s finding my bride that’s proving difficult. The whole place smells like her, yet nothing smells like her. I felt Simone’s fear, and knew it for what it was. She was afraid of herself, of something she might do, and still the only thing that stopped me from barging into the hotel like a raging lunatic was Luban. “Remember what Father said,” he reminded me. “She has to get Asmodeus to trust her.”It's just the two of us, sitting right in the lion's mouth. My humans and our siblings are off, criss-crossing the country, killing Ruth’s offspring as far as they go. Rumours about my whereabouts are already starting to spread
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